TONI DUGGAN wants to "send out a message to the world" as England look to head into the Women's World Cup knock-out stages in style.

Toni Duggan hopes England send a signal of intent by qualifying top of their group

Mark Sampson's team face Colombia in their final Group F game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday knowing that victory could see them finish top of the group after starting their campaign with a 1-0 defeat by France.

They bounced back with a 2-1 win against Mexico after Colombia's shock 2-0 win against France in a double header at Moncton Stadium on Saturday.

France are ranked third in the world, three places ahead of England, while Colombia are 28th and supposedly the weakest team in the group.

Duggan, 23, said: "As the France-Colombia match was finishing we were getting changed in our dressing room and we could hear the crowd noises.

"It was a certainly a big surprise that Colombia beat France, who are a great team, but it just shows that you can't underestimate anyone at the World Cup.

"We'll probably be favourites against Colombia, just like France were, but we know it's going to be tough.

"We've been shown video clips of them from their first two games at the tournament and they've got some great individuals in a hard-working team.

"But we want to go through with six points and hopefully top of the group - that would build confidence in the camp, in our fans here and back home, and send out a message to the rest of the world."

As New Zealand and the Ivory Coast finished bottom of their respective groups with fewer points than England have already got - and with four places available in the Round of 16 for four of the six groups' third-placed teams - a draw will be good enough for Sampson's side to go through.

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Toni Duggan was surprised to see France lose to Colombia

But if England and France, who meet Mexico tonight, both collect three points then the group winners will be decided on goal difference - and England will start the evening a goal better off than Les Bleus.

There's a venue bonus for the group winners as they would stay in Montreal for the Round of 16 then, if successful, for both the quarter-final and the semi-final ahead of July 5's final in Vancouver.

Manchester City striker Duggan said: "The less travelling you have to do in a tournament the better, especially in such a massive country as this, so it would be great to make Montreal our home for the next couple of weeks.

"It looks like a nice city, and if we can top the group we could engage with the people here as well as our own fans and get them to come out and support us.

"But we've got to get the win we need against Colombia before we can even start thinking about that."